Episode 24: Old School with Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

This week Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd swings by to talk about why we love college and why some of us just can't seem to grow up. We get into the production of her forthcoming book, the process of creating oral histories, and perhaps surprising roles that Greek life now perform in the lives of college students.

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is a historian of American colleges and universities. She is a frequent commenter on podcasts, radio, and TV. Shepherd hosts the weekly American Campus Podcast and is author of Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars (University of North Carolina Press, 2023).

Shepherd has been named by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as part of its Class of 2024 leading women in the field of higher education. Her work and commentary have been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Guardian, New York Times, BBC News, Times Higher Education, Sky News, Washington Post, The Atlantic, TIME Magazine, NPR, POLITICO, Slate, Vox, The Nation, Teen Vogue, Jacobin, News Nation, The Hill, The Conversation, and other US and international outlets.

Shepherd is a community scholar affiliate of Indiana University and the Society for US Intellectual History.